if you need heat retention, use fire bricks to line the kettle with. i know its not distributing the heat but it helps retain it. Wish there was a way to mold some ceramic around a weber kettle to make it a BGE type

if you need heat retention, use fire bricks to line the kettle with. i know its not distributing the heat but it helps retain it. Wish there was a way to mold some ceramic around a weber kettle to make it a BGE type

Not sure if it's food safe, but there is a Concrete Cloth. There might be other ways to retain the heat: mebby spackle some crete on the sides of the webber; ceramic brickettes & use hardware cloth to hold them in place.

I looked into it abit more, the Concrete Cloth has a PVC backing, so no go for cookery/grill/bbq. I think it would be easiest to use 1/4" hardware cloth & quickcrete or concrete patch. Form fit the HW cloth for a tight fit, and apply the crete to the cloth.